New Consumer Foods CEO

Glanbia PLC
12 December 2005


               GLANBIA APPOINTS NEW CEO OF CONSUMER FOODS IRELAND



Glanbia plc is pleased to announce that it has appointed Colin Gordon (BBS, MBS)
as Chief Executive Officer of its Irish Consumer Foods business, effective from
1 March 2006.

In this role Colin will be responsible for managing one of the Group's core
areas of operation and for developing Glanbia's position as the leading supplier
of branded and value-added liquid milk, fresh dairy produce, cheeses, soups and
spreads in the Irish retail market. Included in the Glanbia Irish brand
portfolio is Avonmore (the number one brand in the Irish milk market), Yoplait,
Kilmeaden and Premier. Colin succeeds the late Pat Brophy.

Colin joins Glanbia from C&C Group Plc, the drinks and snack food company, where
he has been Managing Director of C&C (Ireland) Ltd since 1998. This business
operates such brands as Club, 7 Up, Pepsi, Mi Wadi and Ballygowan. He joined the
C&C Group in 1989 and has held various senior management positions over the last
16 years including Marketing Director of Showerings (now Bulmers Ltd.), Managing
Director C&C (Wholesale) Ltd before being appointed to his current position.
Colin has chaired Bord Bia's Brand Forum Steering Group for the past five years
and was recently appointed chair of the Prepared Consumer Foods Group in IBEC.

Welcoming Colin to Glanbia, Group Managing Director, John Moloney said, 'Colin
has an outstanding track record with substantial experience in the fmcg sector.
We are delighted he has agreed to join the company and look forward to his
contribution in further developing our consumer foods portfolio and retail
offering.'

ENDS 12 December 2005

Note to Editors:

Glanbia plc is an international dairy food ingredients and nutritionals group,
with leading positions in cheese and whey proteins. Glanbia has operations in
Ireland, Europe, the US and Nigeria. Its business units are structured around
developing the Group's strategic focus on the Consumer Foods, Food Ingredients
and Nutritionals markets.



Enquiries to: Geraldine Kearney, Group Director of Communications, Glanbia plc

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